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W. Y SIBPBRT. TRACK OLBARER.

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WILLIAM SIEFEBT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 HIMSELF herb JOHNPRICE, OF SAME .P Aon,

Letters Patent No. 61,637, dated Jamie- 29, 1867.

V IMPROVED SAFETY-GUARD FOR RAILROAD CABS- TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SIEFBRT, of New York, county and state ofNew ork, have invented certain new and useful Improvement inSafety-Guards for Cars; and I hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and cxact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, 'in which- Figure 1 is a central verticallongitudinal section Figure 2, a cross-section on .line S S, fig. 1.

Figure 3, 5: horizontal section through line T.

Figure 4, an elevation of a part of my invention.,

Figure 5, a section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures. v

The object of my invention is to provide mcanswfor efi'ectivelypreventing the serious disasters'so often occurring in our crowdedstreets and on our railroads, to provide cheap and adequate means-easilyapplied to any cars already running an dto such building.

The nature of my invention consists in arranging guards to the wheels,which always keep-their proper elevation above the track, in'case ofstreet cars onehalfinch above the rail, whichmay be more. or less as thecase may require. To obtain this object, I secure nay-guards to a stoutframe, which latter is secured to the axles of the wheels in such a.manher-that they turn freely in the frame, andyet hold the latterfirmly. The guards being close to the wheels, and having, by reasonofbeing securedto axles of the same wheels, the respective motions ofthel'sam,'it will beeasily understood that the guards will rise andfallwith the wheels as the unevenness of the track will require,

1%,, figs. 1 and 2, represents the body of the car; 13 B are the wheels;0 C .the axles. In new cars I-provide on the axles, close to the wheelsQ G, collars c 0. Between these collars rest the two longitudinalcarrierbars I) D, which are connected at their respective ends by-thecross-bars-E If my invention is'to heapplied to 'cars already running,Imakc the collars, little, 0 c, in two halves, as shown in figs. 4 and5,,which are secured to the axle by three pairs of set-screws, c c,which allow also theadjustment of :the collar on" the axle concentricwith the wheels. To secure these bars D D to the axles, they areprovided at the places with boxes formed partly on the bars D'D, and bya coven d, secured to the bars from below by bolts, d d '9il 3iolcs are;-provided on the'boxes. The cover d is hollow, to form a receptacle forthe oil, and being supplied in the common way with waste, forms aself-oiler similar to all railroad axle-boxes now constructed. To thebars I) D are firmly secured the guards F F, one before and one behindeach wheel, or only before each wheel, as may be 7 found advisable.Where two guards to each wheel are employed, I deem it "advisable toconnect the same on the outside by a plate, 9, as shown in the drawings,thereby forming an additional guard on the outside, and atthe same timea truss, so that the strain thrown on one guard will .be borne by bothby these means the guards are secured to D firmly, and may beconstructed with comparative lightness. vThe guards may, for the sameobject, be connected at the outside to the axle-bones by truss-bars, butI prefer the former. The guards are trusscd to the frame by truss-rods,d d, which are riveted to the guards and bolted to th'c'framef Theguards are rounded on the lower edges, so as to prevent them fromcutting the obstacles they may encounter.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, as follows. The arrangement of the stationary guardsF F, in'combination' with the axles C, carrying-bars D, trussplate g,and truss-rod 11, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

. WILLIAM SIEFERT.

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